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- Obituary in The Courier-Herald
Beverly Gage
Beverly Gay Gage died Nov. 28, 2021, at the age of 93.
https://www.courierherald.com/obituaries/beverly-gage/?fbclid=IwAR2Zkc1P0zhIhSiTnGAMiOsX9-G8qL-oIsCp9JbEr8xpvL29rDP-cgJ11_4
- Beverly Gay Gage passed away peacefully on November 28, 2021 in her home overlooking South Prairie and Mt. Rainier that she designed sixty years ago. Beverly was born July 15, 1928 in Wheatland, Wyoming to Milus and Antoinette Gay. The youngest of four children, she grew up in Monterey and Pacific Grove, California, and graduated as Valedictorian from Monterey Union High School in 1946. While attending the University of California at Berkeley, she met and married Louis Gage in 1948. They moved to Buckley, Washington in 1952, where Louis was co-owner and editor of the Buckley News Banner. In 1965, they started Buckley Real Estate Service, and she worked as the business bookkeeper until they retired in 1986.
During those years, Beverly was active in the community as a member of the Ida Marge Orthopedic Guild, the Women’s Musical and Literary Society, and the Buckley Library Board. In 1972, she was appointed to the Pierce County Library Board of Trustees and advocated for partnerships with municipal libraries to build new facilities and expand and improve services, resulting in new library buildings in Buckley, Bonney Lake, Sumner and many other communities. In 1986, Beverly was appointed to an exploratory committee formed to plan expansion of the University of Washington into downtown Tacoma. That effort resulted in the opening of the Tacoma branch campus (UWT) in 1997.
Beverly was preceded in death by her husband Louis, their daughter, Laurie Richardson, her brothers Bryant Gay and Henry Gay, and her sister, Antoinette Gay Korngold. Beverly is survived by her children Nancy Chennault (Jim), Cliff Gage (Debbie), Tim Gage, and Wendy Shook (Pete), thirteen grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held this summer when her garden is in bloom. [1]
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1928 - 2021 (93 years)
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